Rajasthan govt wants Salman Khan to surrender

In response to the appeal, the Rajasthan government issued a statement announcing its decision to move Supreme Court and challenge the HC verdict in the chinkara case.

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Two months after the Rajasthan High Court acquitted Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the 1998 Chinkara Poaching Case, the Rajasthan government has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the High Court's order.

In response to the appeal, the Rajasthan government issued a statement announcing its decision to move Supreme Court and challenge the HC verdict in the chinkara case.

“After going through the judgment of HC and after taking opinion of legal experts the Government of Rajasthan has moved Supreme Court challenging verdict of Rajasthan HC of July 2016, whereby Salman Khan was acquitted, in the interest of justice, as the judgment suffers from legal infirmities,” the statement said.

The statement also highlighted the grounds basis which the state government will appeal at the apex court:

“HC has erroneously exercised its revisional powers to set aside concurrent findings of both the lower courts which convicted Salman Khan for 5 years."

The Rajasthan government also alleged that Salman Khan had ample opportunity to cross examine eye witness Harish Dulani, the driver of gypsy.

“The statement claimed that the HC failed to consider and accept the entire circumstancial evidences that beyond doubt could go against Salman Khan,” the statement added.

Talking about the material evidences submitted by the state the government said,

“Salman Khan's conviction was based on material evidence which HC has turned down on hyper technical issues which is unsustainable.”

Demanding that justice be delivered the Rajasthan government has appealed the SC to restore the Trial Court judgment and direct the actor to surrender to serve the remaining period of his sentence.

Additionally, Rajasthan Home minister Gulab Chand Kataria speaking to TIMES NOW said, "Our appeal is based on facts."

"Rajasthan government is unhappy with the HC order. The evidences that were presented and the manner in which the gazelles were killed, we are not happy with the order and demand justice," Kataria added.

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